Hi Peter...
On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 22:59, Peter Teoh <htmldeveloper@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I think u are right too....
>
> From here is the definition:
>
> arch/x86/include/asm/cache.h:
> #define __read_mostly __attribute__((__section__(".data.read_mostly")))
>
> and then the location is defined in the LDS linker script
> (arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds):
>
> CONSTRUCTORS
> /* rarely changed data like cpu maps */
> . = ALIGN((1 << 6)); *(.data.read_mostly)
> /* End of data section */
> _edata = .;
> } :data
>
> which defined how vmlinux is created.
As always, I owe you much for explaining things I hardly get the exact
answer. Thanks a lot :)
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